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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1921
Page
5
A collage of dated observations mocks politics and economy. References include Obregon, Dawes, Russia, Constantine, and American consumption habits like soft drinks. The piece mixes headlines and quips on coal prices, marriages, age, and fashion.
Immigrants rushed to beat the three per cent law while tourists fled to avoid the half per cent levy. Source notes a surge in entries and departures tied to new tax or fee thresholds.
George Barnard Shaw argues Carpentier won a moral victory in the second round of the Dempsey bout. The paper notes Shaw’s humor persists but jokes age may be showing as tensions in Mexico rise.
The article argues High Point should build a first class theatre to support a growing cultural scene. It notes the city’s size and past initiatives, urges weekly traveling companies or concerts, and compares with towns that sustain quality theaters. A cinema or stage could boost education, culture, and local pride.
Postmaster General Hays announces a broad Postal Savings Bank reorganization aimed at attracting hoarded private funds. He seeks congressional backing to raise rates from two to three percent and liberalize terms to draw hundreds of millions into circulation. The bank now serves 508000 depositors, 70 percent foreign born, with deposits seen as nominal until reforms pass.
In an Ohio town a municipal dance pavilion saw some defy orders with improper steps. A large speech followed urging dancers to perform as if their mother were watching, claiming this mindset best promotes clean dancing and girl conduct.
The last of the world war era autocrats is again wearing the glittering uniforms he once used to project power. His vanity remains a drive that helped ruin him, a reflection echoed by Pascal who called vanity man’s great enemy.
Gendarmes in Paris used a lasso to capture a fugitive after failed attempts. They credit Will Rogers and Tom Mix with teaching the technique. In Italy, girls imitate Mary Pickford’s hair styling as another film influence. The examples illustrate cinema’s broad reach in spreading skills and trends worldwide.
The Hudson River offers New York bathers a cheap alternative to beaches with freight cars parked along the shore used as tanning platforms. Bathers jump onto cars to sun themselves, ignoring passing brakemen as they seek a tan and local pride in the glow.
At Columbia University two professors directed a pure science stud poker experiment with six students. A small machine tracked every motion to reveal how heart rate and glands respond to different hands, showing the device can expose concealed tells even in 10 cent limit stud.
A city woman known for not sharing kindness sits in a restaurant and shares an enormous hearts of lettuce salad with a stranger. Weeks later she chooses a different table to avoid a familiar face, only to encounter the same woman who had given the salad earlier.
Boni and Liveright publish The American Art Library a series of monographs on eminent American artists. The volume features painters and sculptors from Robert Henri onward with reproductions of their signature works and aims to enlighten readers who think great artists live abroad or are long dead.
Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt the elder tours downtown markets each morning with a car to inspect buys and then brings purchases home to cut delivery costs. She aims to show Newport women how to obtain 160 cents worth of value per dollar and models frugal practices in a wealthy household.
Babe Ruth seeks thrills beyond speeding cars and finds them on a riverside amusement park railway across the Hudson. The park owner makes the baseball hero a free and honored guest until closing time each night.
Lawrence Kubal contends he would not have killed Mrs. Minnie F. Bartlett if she had complied. He testifies at trial describing the alleged provocation and circumstances at her home on Lone Island.
A man vents at a woman over money remarking that rich women are no good and do not give the working man a chance, reflecting social tensions and resentment.
In the Register of Deeds office in Greensboro yesterday thirteen deeds were filed recording about $34,000 in property transfers within Guilford County. Notable transfers include J A Pitts to J A Poston on Spring Garden Street, 50 by 150 feet for 1500 dollars and Vick Chemical Company to G N Bull and Mamie Bull at Milton Avenue and Spring Garden Street for 1000 dollars. Other transfers list parcels in High Point and Morehead township with varying prices.
Cleveland bureau of domestic relations head Bradley Hull is quoted urging filling husbands with cold drinks like lemonade and tea to keep them manageable. The remark appears in a column emphasizing household dynamics and social norms.
Senator William E Borah of Idaho says disarmament cannot be achieved without the masses keeping effort every hour of the contest. He cautions citizens to remain vigilant and active in the process.
Etta Flagg of Los Angeles urges schoolgirls to follow proper dress by example from admired figures. She argues guidance lacks impact without visible standards seen in role models.
Harvey F. Carr, president of the New Jersey Bar Association, states that United States public utility laws draw on old English legal principles and have outlived their usefulness. He argues the long-standing framework should be reconsidered to meet modern needs.
The nine commissioners heard little. districts will guide action via engineers and commissioners while staying within road law. In Raleigh, Barrows face charges for attacking sports writer R E Williams of the News and Observer. The elder Barrow paid 100 fine plus costs. the son 50 plus costs. Williams testified he was knocked down seven times by Barrow junior before the elder delivered a final kick to Williams's abdomen. Williams said his injuries were not serious or permanent.
In Lambayeque and La Libertad the disease has caused nearly 1 000 deaths over nine months. American Dr Henry Hanson heads a sanitation drive funded by the Rockefeller foundation with 20000 dollars. About 10000 cases are reported as effort targets stegomyi mosquitoes and standing water. Officials hope districts are cleared of fever by year end.
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